It’s almost Valentine’s Day, which I don’t make a huge deal about myself, but it’s an excellent excuse to enjoy a yummy dessert! I’ve got a rich chocolate cupcake for two recipe coming at you in a few days, but for now I’m excited to show you this easy heart shaped cupcake DIY.

A lot of people recommend using marbles to push the top part of the cupcake in, but I didn’t like that idea for several reasons – I didn’t want to buy marbles just to bake cupcakes, you have to deal with a bunch of hot glass marbles, and 1 marble would only make a partial heart shape. Instead, I used some aluminum foil to make little balls to shape the cupcake liners into hearts. Easy, cheap, and no worries that you might burn yourself!

What a great idea! I’ve seen the marble trick floating around out there, but you’ve taken it one step further to actually create heart-shaped cupcakes! Love this! Pinned to Pinterest. Stopping by from SITS.Carole recently posted Easy Valentine Candy and Cookie Buffet

Joy

February 20, 2015 at 8:19 am (4 years ago)

This is a great idea – I liked it because I didn’t have to go buy marbles, too. However, take note that you really need to have foil baking cups. I decided to try it with regular paper baking cups and it did not hold the shape. =)

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